Day 27: Signage

I'm posting mine super early because A) I got a good one on our way into Charlotte today and B) I am not sure if I'll get much time. This was taken at a stop light as we were turning onto Monroe Rd. It was rather funny; I still wouldn't live here even if their rent is free!

Day 20: Door

A flower door that leads to nectar for a bumble bee. Bumble bees are a favorite insect for me.  These guys were really fun and hard to catch as they quickly shot from flower  to flower.

Day 19: Animal

The Rhinoceros Beatle my son and daughter found. He's pretty cool.

Day 18: Asymmetrical

My love and I… we never get pictures together and I happen to love this one (even if I am in it), especially with the backdrop.  The color changes this sunset went through were simply gorgeous. So, that being said, check this out…

Day 17: Symmetric

The mirror and sconces in our living room.

Day 16: Orange

This is the orange bucket that helped my youngest daughter and I to build this sand sea turtle. It also held the shells she gathered to decorate his back. I think he is a very handsome turtle indeed. His name is Franklin.

Day 15: Gear

My stepfather passed away this past December. One of his favorite hobbies was working on cars. Though for me, it always seemed out of place for someone so deeply philosophical. Somehow, since he died, it doesn't seem so very strange. All those hours out there alone gave him time to think, or maybe even not think. To turn it off and think only of the task at hand. I can't look at the garage at my mother's and not think of him and how excited he would get at the thought of changing the brake pads on our family van. Or for that matter, rewiring our house for wi-fi. The simplest things now remind me of Richard, or Poppy, as the kids and I called him. So, this is simply a gear that he loved because it belonged to his hydraulic lift.

Day 12: Portrait

Day 11: Landscape

Day 9: Pop-culture

Jump rope

Day 8: Filthy

My mother will kill me for this picture. She is remodeling her house, this is the product of it. Love you, Mommy :)

Day 7: Clean

I try!

I'll eventually get that lightening shot. Tonight we had a big storm with tons of lightening! Most of the shots I was able to get came from inside our house through an open window due to the fact there was a monsoon out there, and the lightening was INTENSE. The lightening was flashing almost directly overhead so it was nearly impossible to get anything. However, I was able to capture several indirect flashes which is better than I was able to get before - my camera settings are getting better.

Okay, babbling aside, here's what I captured:

Day 6: texture

Photo Challenge - day 5: dark

One of our cats, Oscar. He's the old man of three male cats at 17 years and the sweetest animal I've ever known.